The Bishop's Blog

We were about 35 strong this morning at St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Buena Park. As usual, its gracious rector, the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Voien, had designed a beautiful liturgy and seen to every...

Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in...

O God of the nations, who gave to your servant Henry Martyn a longing to share your Gospel with all peoples; Inspire the church in our own day with that said desire, that we may be eager to commit...

Almighty God, we praise your Name for your bishop and martyr Ignatius of Antioch, who offered himself as grain to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts that he might present to you the pure bread of...

You meet the most amazing people around the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, including Randall Heyn-Lamb, for a hallway conversation about the war in Gaza and Lebanon and the deep suffering being...

Keep us, O Lord, constant in faith and zealous in witness, that, like your servants Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer we may live in your fear, die in your favor, and rest in your...

O God, who by your Holy Spirit moved Teresa of Avila to manifest to your church the way of perfection: Grant us, we pray, to be nourished by her teaching, and enkindle within us a keen and...

Kathy’s and my travels on Indigenous Peoples Day began at a lovely golf course in the City of Industry, where I presided briefly as the second annual Shepherd’s Cup got underway, with proceeds...

“Wacky and wonderful.” That’s how the Rev. Canon Pat McCaughan, the longtime vicar, describes life around Saint George's Episcopal Church in Laguna Hills. So I had been looking forward to a wacky...

O God of all the peoples of the earth: we give thanks this day for every person and family native to the Americas at the arrival of European settlers. We give you thanks for their care and...

Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one...

Gracious God, in a world at war, seemingly on the brink of catastrophe, when our political differences divide us region from region, class from class, neighbor from neighbor, parent from child, when...